Rafał Szombierski | |
Nationality: | Polish |
Birth Date: | 12 March 1982 |
Birth Place: | Pyskowice, Poland |
Career1: | Poland |
Years2: | 1999–2007, 2014–2017 |
Years3: | 2008 |
Career3: | Rivne |
Years4: | 2010–2014 |
Career4: | Częstochowa |
Indivyear1: | 2003 |
Indivhonour1: | World U-21bronze |
Teamyear1: | 2004 |
Teamhonour1: | European Pairs Championship bronze |
Rafał Szombierski (born 12 March 1982 in Pyskowice, Poland) is a Polish former motorcycle speedway rider.
Szombierski rode in the Team Speedway Polish Championship for Rybnik from 1999 to 2007 and for Rivne Speedway in 2008. After missing 2009 he joined Włókniarz Częstochowa for five seasons before returning to Rybnik, where he spent the remainder of his career from 2015 to 2017.[1]
Szombierski won the bronze medal at the 2001 Speedway Under-21 World Championship held on 26 August at the East of England Showground in England.[2]
In 2022, he was sentenced to nine years in prison while driving under the influence of alcohol and causing a serious accident.[3] [4]